UNITED STATES: Turbine OEMs enjoyed a short-lived seller's market in the US at the end of last year as developers scrambled to take advantage of the most recent extension of the $0.023/kWh production tax credit (PTC) by placing conditional equipment orders for an estimated 6GW of new wind projects.

WORLDWIDE: France's military aviation authorities are calling for restrictions on wind turbine installation that would close off most of the country to new wind deployment. But the technology to mitigate turbines' effect on radar signals already exists.